The sun sets and the moon rises, and the stars in the east mountains are shining.

On the long slope of the trail, on the long pole of the inn, the mottled old flag was lifted by a gust of wind and tightly wrapped in a string.

Suddenly, a flying horse stepped on the dust and galloped from the middle of the road.

A whole team of people and horses, more than 20 horsemen are all dressed in white and snow, with blue scarves on their heads, black harness on their feet, and long soldiers in their hands.

The moon is colorful and the stars are dim.

The white-clothed general led by him suddenly waved Changge in his hand, "Investigate this place thoroughly." ”

No one answered, but at that moment, half of them immediately dismounted, and the other half stepped forward, their expressions frozen.

Although the back of the white-clothed general is still strong, it can no longer stop the old state on his face, his hair is full of color, his cheeks are hung with flesh, his temples are white, and the wrinkles are endless.

However, the essence in his eyes is high-spirited, as if there are dragons, tigers, fire and phoenixes inhabiting them.

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The night was dark, and the temporary residents in the inn were all guests who traveled far away, and most of them were lying down in their clothes at this time.

Only the rich merchant, who had been drunk at the stone table at the beginning, was now sitting on the roof in great soberness, looking up at the stars in the sky. He was nearly fifty years old, and his expression seemed to be middle-aged and knowing the destiny of heaven.

The middle-aged dart master who sat with him on the edge of the eaves was now holding his beloved longbow, and there were only fifteen or sixteen feathered arrows in the quiver on his back, but they were sharp and sharp.

The rich merchant spoke: "From the elder brother, staying here is also a dead end, we are destined not to run out of Pingzhou, except for the Gu Rulai, the businessmen who traveled with me have also dispersed, why do you want to die with me?"

The dart master carefully examined each of his feather arrows, and said in a deep voice disapplausively: "The reputation of the Wanli Dart Bureau must not be damaged in this batch of goods. ”

"This batch of goods is destined to be unkept. If you want it, we can't stop giving it to him. ”

The young master of the Wanli Dart Bureau, who was thirty-seven years old at the time, calmly listened to the sound of startled horses stepping on the door below, and clenched the bowstring in his hand.

"Boss Lu is a businessman, and he pays attention to making and losing, but our dart master pays attention to the bodyguard. The dart is in the people, and the dart is dead, and it is a simple truth. ”

Lu Gan, a businessman from the Shuzhong Tiger Chamber of Commerce, was stunned for a long time and sighed helplessly.

"Please rest assured, as long as there is still one person left in our Wanli Dart Bureau, we will not let the Miao people approach that batch of goods by half a step. ”

A white-clothed iron rider appeared at the gate of the courtyard, standing high on the roof from Wanji, seeing it clearly, and immediately drew a bow and arrow, and shot an arrow, straight to the chest of the unlucky ghost.

The poor brother who came in to explore the way did not even see whose hand was out, and even if he was pierced by a thousand arrows in an instant, his body fell from his horse like a puff of straw and collapsed to the ground.

"The opponent is only about twenty horses, and he will not die tonight. "From Wan Ji's words are full of affirmation.

Lu Qian frowned tightly: "Mr. Gu is still in the room, I hope he won't be awakened......"

"Boss Lu's words are wrong. He just wanted to sleep, and he couldn't sleep tonight. ”

Another arrow was fired.

But it was hitting a door panel that came out of nowhere. The fine iron arrow poked into most of it, but it was finally firmly blocked by the wooden door panel, and the tail still shook non-stop.

The bow-wielding man looked pale and his heart sank.

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The night was as cold as water, and outside the window was the beginning of the killing, but Zhao Wu'an was in the room, pretending to be leisurely drinking tea.

The man opposite him had a genuinely idle, and his expression did not change in the slightest, whether it was the sound of a startled horse stomping on the door outside, or the knight being shot and falling.

This inn opened in the northernmost part of Pingzhou, the scale is not large, there are only about 20 rooms in total, and the yard is so narrow that it is only less than ten zhang square, except for all kinds of necessary things, the idle place is only enough to plant a peach tree.

Zhao Wu'an chose to stay here ten years ago, precisely because he took a fancy to its unsurprising appearance, but what happened later really made him afraid of Miao Jiang, especially the Dai Lou family.

Although from the outside, this inn is unremarkable, and the rooms where Zhao Wu'an and An Qing stay are only of an average standard, but this guest's residence is very different.

Whether it is the authentic handiwork of Gu Hongzhong in front of the front on the wall, the bronze three-legged six-mouth incense burner of the Later Han Dynasty at the feet, or the pineapple wood inlaid jade table in front of him, they all highlight the noble atmosphere of this place.

Even in the capital, I am afraid that the bedrooms of most high-ranking officials and dignitaries will not be as magnificent.

The man in front of him was more than 30 years old, with a blue crown and a purple crown and a dignified appearance.

On the roof, Gu Rulai, a small merchant from Wan Ji and Lu Gan's mouth, is this person.

"After ten years, you can still recognize me, which is a big surprise to Zaixia. Gu Rulai smiled kindly.

The other party looked quite close and lovely, but Zhao Wuan didn't even dare to have the slightest relaxation. After only sitting on half a pillar of incense, the cold sweat was almost soaking through his back.

"It's been ten years, you haven't been far from this inn since Yuxuan's death, what do you want?" Zhao Wu'an said coldly.

Gu Rulai took a leisurely sip of tea, "Wait, I want to hear first, how did you know that I was here, and how did you recognize me? Even if the Iron Horse General is here now, he won't find me with trouble. ”

Zhao Wu'an's expression was cold: "Ten years ago, you found out the assassin who poisoned Yuxuan for me, and after you killed one of them, there was a trace of Dao Yun left in my sword box. It's not my wish, but it's as soon as you get closer. ”

Gu Rulai nodded slowly: "This is indeed my negligence. The Breeze Palm was so strong that if it weren't for the fact that the Assassin had already run fifteen feet away at the time, and I was worried that he had other plans, I wouldn't have killed him rashly. ”

Zhao Wu'an couldn't suppress the fluctuation of his expression, "How can I say that I also regard you as half a teacher, you have never left Miao Jiang in the past ten years, and when people of insight in the world almost recognized that the next goal of the Great Song Dynasty was to make leaves, you did not go north but went south, why is this?"

Gu Rulai's expression remained unchanged, and through the rising mist of tea on the table, he said leisurely: "You must know that in the world, the strong enemy of the Great Song Dynasty is not in the north but in the south, and the chaos is not caused by Huma, but by the miasma. Qin Tianjian has been exploring Yijiazi in the next life, and since the death of Luo Jianqi, Zhongzhou has never stopped guarding against leaf making, but in fact, there is nothing to ask for. Back then, I protected you out of the seedling territory, because you were alive for 40 years, and leaf making would no longer be a problem, and it was a certainty. ”

Zhao Wu'an frowned.

The pineapple wood-inlaid jade table in front of him, although there were only two hot teas and an empty chessboard, Zhao Wuxin was relieved, but countless black and white children had fallen.

"I ...... It's not the one who can restrain the leaf-making. For a long time, he said word by word.

Gu Rulai said with a smile: "People do not do what is right, but do what they see is unfair." ”

Zhao Wu'an was stunned.

"Back then, outside the city of Remnant Yang, the two dynasties of martial arts jointly murdered Luo Jianqi, which was a wake-up call for the Central Plains. The Great Song Dynasty is eager to get rid of you as soon as possible, but there are people in the Ye Dynasty who regard you as respectful. Xie Hui didn't kill you, it was precisely to take the Ye Kingdom, so that the Great Song Dynasty could draw his hand to deal with the alliance of Valan and Miao Jiang. ”

Gu Rulai stared at Zhao Wu'an's eyes: "Do you think he doesn't want to kill you? It was your people who killed his most cherished friend." Xie Hui wants to take revenge on the two dynasties, and his anger towards you must be the deepest. But he doesn't kill you, he has his own reasons. ”

Zhao Wu'an suddenly came back to his senses, as if he had been empowered, and understood what the hidden master in front of him had been doing all these years.

Ten years ago, Zhao Wu'an fled from Miaojiang and lived in this inn, where he was taken in by a female shopkeeper. But later, the shopkeeper sent someone to poison the building Duyun, if it weren't for Gu Rulai's timely rescue and the murderer who was poisoned, Zhao Wuan would not have been able to escape from Miao Jiang.

Although this person is unfathomable, Zhao Wuan also cited him as his lifelong mentor.

"Xie Hui once said that if he wants to use the country as a chess game, he has fallen between the two dynasties for seventeen ......," Zhao Wuan muttered.

"You will see the third son tonight. "Gu Rulai was not alarmed," during which the two sons robbed, and the other rushed to the pass. Whether you can win back a city is up to you. ”

Zhao Wu'an was stunned and said, "Mr. is here, is it for ......?"

"I pretended to be a businessman, followed the Hulai Chamber of Commerce in the Central Plains, set off from the Yunzhou Royal Court, and transported a batch of goods to Shuzhong. Gu Rulai said lightly, "Dailou Duyun will definitely send someone to rob him." The first to bear the brunt is the headless son Kuyuan Mo Xie's fierce general, the iron horse general Yan Qibing. He also has a name that you are more familiar with, Yan Returns. ”

Zhao Wu'an smiled bitterly: "Really?"

"I thought you'd be surprised. ”

"When I saw the peach blossoms in the courtyard today, I thought of him earlier. ”

"He made his own Ye Country, and he traveled thousands of miles to the headless son of Miaojiang, who do you think it is for?"

"It's for the sake of Garan. ”

Gu Rulai looked at Zhao Wu'an quietly, for a long time, and drank all the tea in the cup without saying a word.

"Good. Living in the red dust, this cup of tea is comfortable. ”

He stood up quietly and walked out. "It's time for me to move, too, this old body. ”

As soon as Zhao Wu'an was about to get up, an inexplicable force hit his shoulders and forced him back to his seat.

"I know where you stand, and I know that you will be on my side. But Zhao Wu'an, this world is very complicated, and it's not yet time for you to sacrifice your life to fight. ”

Gu Rulai went farther and farther, but even if Zhao Wu'an mobilized the internal force of his whole body, he still couldn't break free from the shackles of his energy.

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I have to admit that the person who uses a wooden board to block his body is very smart.

But at the same time, he also felt that this man was a little self-conscious. With the strength of the bow in his hand, not to mention an arrow, this plank will be torn apart in three arrows.

And at that time, maybe the other party hadn't even walked to the carriage full of goods.

Without saying a word, he pulled out another arrow from the quiver behind him, and wound his bow.

Lu Qian, who was beside him, suddenly said: "Wait! Gu Rulai is going out, stop first!"

From Wanji frowned, he was really afraid of something.

"If I don't continue, even if he walks into the courtyard, he will be chopped into pulp by those Miao people. "From Wanji has no intention of stopping, aiming at the door panel in the yard, another arrow.

A foot above where the previous arrow had been nailed, another thunderous arrow was nailed into the plank, and the whole board was about to split from the center. And the knight who held the door panel as a shield was also frightened and retreated a lot, and shrank at the entrance of the courtyard.

But he had already bought enough time.

At the moment of destroying the planks from Wanji, three or four people had already rushed into the courtyard and hid under the carriage.

The enemy who had already hidden under the car naturally couldn't shoot, and Wan Ji also moved his eyes to the entrance of the courtyard. Through the high courtyard wall, you can vaguely see an old general with gray sideburns standing at the main entrance of the inn, with a straight back.

It is an eternal truth that the thief captures the king first.

Draw a bow and arrow from all over the world.

But at this moment, a person appeared in front of him with a volley in the air.

Cong Wanji was stunned: This is a roof that is two feet high! How could someone easily fly straight up and just happen to block in front of him?

When he saw that person's face clearly, he was even more shocked from Wan Ji's face: "Gu Rulai?"

Gu Rulai seemed to hang outside the eaves with some kind of supreme light skill. He looked at Wan Ji with compassion in his eyes, as if he were looking at a dead man.

"I can't save you. See you in Huangquan. ”

A palm is handed out, and it is like a breeze hanging dew, and the willows are on the moon.

But the qi machine almost soared into the sky, shattering the sky.

Before Wan Ji could react, his skull exploded, and blood was full of green tiles.